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Windward Core

Overview

What is Windward Core?

Windward’s low-code document generation solution embeds into any application, enabling users to populate data-smart documents within the familiar landscape of Microsoft Office. It's a solution from PDFTron since the April 2021 acquisition.

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Windward Opinion

9 out of 10
February 15, 2019
Incentivized
It's used across several departments. It allows us to design reports, including a big variety of data: Text, tables, images. It has a …
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Pricing

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Windward Hub Standard

$19.00

Cloud
Per User, Per Month (10 user minimum)*

Windward Hub Premium

$49.00

Cloud
Per User, Per Month (10 user minimum)*

Windward Core Pro

$547.00

On Premise
per month*

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $190 per month
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Product Details

What is Windward Core?

Embed Windward in an application to deliver a document automation component.

The vendor promises the following capabilities and differentiators:

Visually Outstanding Designs

Users can create designs and attractive layouts.

Smart Document Logic

With a conditional logic feature, users can personalize the content of their document to suit a wide range of audience.

Easy Template Creation

The vendor says their platform is fast and user friendly: in under an hour, any ordinary business professional can have their templates completed.

Do it Faster for Less

Users do not have to spend a lot on developing templates and documents even if they are trying to get them done fast. The vendor says their software can simplify the process of creating tailor-made templates and documents which will let you significantly save time and money.


Windward Core Features

  • Supported: Visually Stunning Designs
  • Supported: Smart Document Logic
  • Supported: Massive Time Savings
  • Supported: Incredibly Intuitive Interface
  • Supported: Streamlined Cost Savings

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Document Automation Software for high-volume output in a familiar user-friendly design environment (MS Office). Windward Studios offers world-class document automation tool using familiar tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint. You don't have to know code or be a developer to de...
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Windward Core Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac, Anything that has Java
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Windward’s low-code document generation solution embeds into any application, enabling users to populate data-smart documents within the familiar landscape of Microsoft Office. It's a solution from PDFTron since the April 2021 acquisition.

Windward Core starts at $190.

Docmosis and TIBCO Jaspersoft are common alternatives for Windward Core.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of Windward Core are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

Windward Core Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)20%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)40%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)40%
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Users have found AutoTag Designer to be a valuable tool for building reports both for internal use and for customers, particularly when they require native Microsoft Office output. By using AutoTag, users have experienced a significant improvement in the efficiency and ease of report creation, as it eliminates the need for manual data collection and editing. The Windward Document Generation Software is highly regarded for its ability to aggregate and display data from various sources, with the added benefit of being able to extend functionality through code. This has led to its integration into cloud-based solutions for financial institutions, allowing clients to create custom documents that meet their specific needs. One of the standout features of Windward Reporting solutions is their user-friendly nature, making it easy for non-technical individuals to edit and maintain reports. It has also been selected as a replacement for Oracle Reports due to its flexibility in changing text and graphics content on correspondence. The Windward Reporting engine is widely used for generating sales proposals, presentations, orders, and reports with reliable recreation of documents at runtime. For those with special requirements in report elaboration, the Windward Java Reporting Engine has been highly valued for its rapid performance across all types of reports. The AutoTag Template Designer has proven useful across multiple departments as it aids in building and fixing templates while providing basic troubleshooting and enhancements. It offers an ideal solution for users looking to create and modify custom report templates based on their specific requirements with minimal time and effort. Windward Studios stands out as a critical component of Loan Automation Solutions, facilitating document and report generation with minimal coding required. It has also made a significant impact on the Baker Hill NextGen solution by enabling the communication of critical information for banks and credit unions. Moreover, its usage extends to formatting critical text reports for airplane cockpits, ensuring accurate and reliable information delivery. With Windward Studios, SaaS administrators and clients gain the ability to create and modify custom report templates tailored precisely to their needs, thus reducing time and effort. A government agency even uses Windward to generate customized flight plans for pilots worldwide and design templates for outgoing communication with their government clients. The software has enabled users to create templates without any technical knowledge, resulting in saved development time. In the finance and insurance industry, a company leverages Windward to generate various documents such as insurance declarations and certificates. To accomplish this, business analysts at the company utilize Windward's report design with Microsoft Office products to create templates for their source systems. They also integrate Windward's RESTful API with multiple source systems and third-party software. Another notable use case of Windward's software is its adoption by a software development team for downloading data from tables with different formatting. The team finds Windward to be efficient and reliable in this task. Additionally, a document generation solutions provider partners with Windward to deliver tailored solutions to their clients, including loan documents, insurance letters, and proposal generation. This partnership highlights the versatility of Windward in catering to various industries and document types. Apart from its broad application, Windward is widely used across several departments within companies, enabling them to design reports with text, tables, and images. This flexibility in design allows users to export reports to Word and PDF formats seamlessly. Notably, Windward plays a crucial role in the origination and servicing phase of loans for generating letters by capturing and processing data received from USD. Its integration into the company's process ensures the creation of accurate and finalized products by efficiently incorporating data into the documents.

Overall, users have found AutoTag Designer and Windward's Document Generation Software to be valuable tools in building reports, generating custom documents, automating processes, and facilitating communication across industries such as finance, government agencies, aviation, software development, and more. The user-friendly interface and flexibility provided by Windward's solutions have resulted in increased efficiency, reduced manual effort, and enhanced customization options for non-technical individuals.

Intuitive and User-Friendly Interface: Users have consistently praised the intuitive and user-friendly interface of Windward Reports, mentioning that they find it easy to navigate and manipulate tables using drag and drop functionality. Many users appreciate the simplicity of the interface, which allows them to quickly create and complete tasks efficiently.

Responsive Support Team: Users highly appreciate the responsiveness of Windward's support team. They mention that their questions and concerns are addressed promptly and professionally, leading to a positive experience. The support team provides quick assistance whenever needed.

Seamless Integration with Microsoft Office: Users highlight the major advantage of Windward Reports being seamlessly integrated within the Microsoft Office suite. They appreciate being able to leverage familiar features from Office products, such as Word, to easily create visually appealing reports. This integration enables users to work efficiently without requiring extensive technical knowledge or additional software.

Limited Customizability: Some users have found the software to be limited in terms of customizability compared to other report tools they use, feeling restricted in their ability to tailor reports according to their specific needs.

Difficulties with Drag and Drop Feature: Several users have mentioned that the drag and drop feature is not intuitive as they are unable to drag and drop individual fields, causing inconvenience and frustration during report creation.

Issues with PDF Output Accuracy: Some users have experienced issues with the accuracy of the PDF output, noting that minor tweaks are often required for it to match the original report exactly.

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
SharePoint is a nice tool, however, it requires a lot of effort to create the forms and code for pulling in data if it's not within SharePoint itself. Maintenance of reports will require SharePoint knowledge as well. Windward removes many obstacles in traditional report generation.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Prior to Windward, we were using an HTML to PDF conversion for our reporting solution. It required substantial development to create and modify our reports and the styling was never up to our standards. Windward has certainly helped decrease our time in developing and modifying reports and has also helped us greatly improve the styling of them as well.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We evaluated several other products to integrate with our new software, but Windward Studios was an obvious standout above the majority. Other applications required some level of software development knowledge and experience to create templates and a much steeper learning curve. After consideration of ease of use, as well as a cost-comparison between different products, Windward Studios was the most suitable product to meet our needs.
Larry Grady | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Again, it's been so long since I've used another reporting tool it would be hard for me to say. I just know we used a couple of components, and their report designers never offered the simplicity of designing a report directly in an MS Office document.
Miguel Angel Merino Vega | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized

A weak point of WindWard is its antiquity compared to other tools already positioned within the globe of software developers. However, a critical success factor is the ease and speed to get results, and in that WindWard has a good advantage. For this reason and to be able to divide the work better without the need of technical restrictions, I support WindWard.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have never used a alternative but i have peers who have used Dundas. The speed and flexability of Java Reporting Engine is much greater that that of Dundas. This had a big part to play with the Java Reporting Engine syncing with out backend much easier.
Brent Rossow | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Jaspersoft
Each tool in our kit has its strengths and weaknesses. When we need to build complex reports and native Microsoft Office output is a secondary (or less) consideration, we turn to tools from Jaspersoft or InetSoft, which are great for building complex reports but are frankly terrible at providing useable Office output. However, when we need to develop templates that our customers can maintain on their own and/or that produce ultra-clean Office documents, AutoTag delivers in spades. It's simple to use (relatively speaking) in applications that are already familiar to most users, and the output is a "real" Office document and not just a collection of tables that happen to exist within an Office doc.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Truthfully when I came to AmWINS this was the only product that they had as an add on to Excel. I did not do any research before coming here. I also did not know what AutoTag Template Designer was before coming here but I enjoy working with it in Excel and Word.
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